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What To Do When The Box Flips Inside Out

Waxing UnLyrical

The moment you choose to become a trend-setter in your industry, you join a never-ending arms race to stay fresh. In the publishing industry, the creation of subgenres and “crossover” genres differentiates new voices within each category of storytelling. They need to know why they should keep buying from you, too. .

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The History of Social Media in 33 Key Moments

Hootsuite

Friendster (2002) Launched in 2002, Friendster was originally going to be a dating site that would help set up people with friends in common. Slack offers workers a place to socialize online within corporations and industry professionals a place to socialize with others in similar Slack groups. RIP to Periscope, 2015-2021.

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Paywall for News.com and Online Community Social Media

Laurel Papworth

Eye Witness: On October 11, 2002 there was a bombing at a shopping mall in Myyrmanni, Finland in which 7 were killed including children and 166 injured. You can read the newspaper reports about it OR you can read Juha Haataja : I and my youngest daughter were lucky yesterday, Friday, October 11th, 2002. It all gets very confusing.